Looks like we could see diesel cheaper than petrol for some time

Darcydog · 20th July 2015, 16:01

I thought this price difference in favour of diesel (first time since 2001 apparently) was likely to be a short term "glitch".

But maybe not

- glad I have a cdti

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33594585

jonno12 · 20th July 2015, 19:44

huh! still waiting up here

Saga Lout · 20th July 2015, 19:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darcydog

I thought this price difference in favour of diesel (first time since 2001 apparently) was likely to be a short term "glitch".

But maybe not

- glad I have a cdti

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33594585

What happened to the excuse that Diesel was more expensive to produce?

2.2-600-vtec · 20th July 2015, 20:27

More to the point diesel is a waste product of producing petrol, so you have to make petrol to make diesel??? should there not be a massive surplus of petrol that needs to be shifted cheap???

FLYER · 20th July 2015, 22:25

I love diesel .
I have always loved diesel.
It stinks but I love it.

The Rovering Member · 21st July 2015, 03:58

It certainly does. One tiny splash on your clothes & it's all you can smell. Gives me a headache & l'm a lorry driver.
Never had a diesel car.

Gman2 · 21st July 2015, 19:33

The AA have speculated that diesel is due a further fall of c 4p a litre over the next few weeks that would be welcome

KWIL · 21st July 2015, 20:28

Just wait until the demand for central heating oil picks and then the diesel will be back where it deserves to be, more expensive than petrol, if only because of the smell and nasty particulates it produces.

itchyfeet · 22nd July 2015, 08:39

Diesel all the way. No idea why I never owned a diesel before. Would never go back to petrol.

Leyland Worldmaster · 22nd July 2015, 09:02

I've always said one cannot beat diesel...

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Leyland Worldmaster This is my second home Audi A2 1.4TDI Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Avec the Penguins! Posts: 11,469 Thanks: 3,355 Thanked 1,622 Times in 1,057 Posts	I've always said one cannot beat diesel... __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] 🏓

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jonno12 Posted a thing or two rover75 saloon connie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Solihull Posts: 1,003 Thanks: 78 Thanked 74 Times in 66 Posts	huh! still waiting up here

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2.2-600-vtec Loves to post mg ztt Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Exeter Posts: 328 Thanks: 2 Thanked 37 Times in 35 Posts	More to the point diesel is a waste product of producing petrol, so you have to make petrol to make diesel??? should there not be a massive surplus of petrol that needs to be shifted cheap???

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FLYER Banned rover75 cdti AUTO TOURER 160 bhp. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 35,346 Thanks: 2,985 Thanked 3,685 Times in 2,463 Posts	I love diesel . I have always loved diesel. It stinks but I love it.

21st July 2015, 03:58	#6
The Rovering Member I really should get out more....... Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: London Posts: 2,966 Thanks: 263 Thanked 538 Times in 431 Posts	It certainly does. One tiny splash on your clothes & it's all you can smell. Gives me a headache & l'm a lorry driver. Never had a diesel car.

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Gman2 Posted a thing or two ZTT+ 1.8T, mgf 1.8 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Warrington Posts: 1,550 Thanks: 28 Thanked 65 Times in 42 Posts	The AA have speculated that diesel is due a further fall of c 4p a litre over the next few weeks that would be welcome

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KWIL Precise Rover 75 Tourer 2.5KV6 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fleet Posts: 2,958 Thanks: 630 Thanked 617 Times in 480 Posts	Just wait until the demand for central heating oil picks and then the diesel will be back where it deserves to be, more expensive than petrol, if only because of the smell and nasty particulates it produces.

22nd July 2015, 08:39	#9
itchyfeet Loves to post MG ZT+ CDTi Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: N.Ireland Posts: 475 Thanks: 81 Thanked 72 Times in 58 Posts	Diesel all the way. No idea why I never owned a diesel before. Would never go back to petrol.